House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Photo for Food Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5701.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the placement of a photograph of any household member on an electronic benefit card used by such household to purchase food with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits provided under such Act.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 338 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5701, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Greg Casar.
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- H.R. 4979 (118th) Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act
- H.R. 7348 (118th) Connect the Grid Act
- H.R. 9557 (118th) American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.